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Small Milkweed Bug - Lygaeus turcicus
Copyright © 2006 Matthew Roth

Small Milkweed Bug - Lygaeus turcicus
Mountville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
March 11, 2005
I saw quite a lot of these that day.
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Contributed by Matthew Roth on 25 March, 2006 - 7:25am
Last updated 3 September, 2007 - 8:25am

Moved
Moved from Lygaeus.
… john and jane balaban, 3 September, 2007 - 8:25am login or register to post comments

white margin
. . . of wing membrane not really apparent, and basal half of clavus red (!), + head red to large extent - I´d say it is turcicus therefore.
… Boris Büche, 3 September, 2007 - 4:39am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Small Milkweed Bug.
… john and jane balaban, 4 July, 2007 - 8:15am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lygaeus turcicus.
… Brad Barnd, 3 July, 2007 - 11:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lygaeus.
… john and jane balaban, 12 April, 2007 - 7:33am login or register to post comments

Genus correct....
I'm not so sure this is L. kalmii, though. Wonderful image.
… Eric R. Eaton, 27 March, 2006 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

 
L. kalmii I think
I believe I see a white margin along the elytral membrane, which points to L. kalmii over L. turcicus.
… Brad Barnd, 3 July, 2007 - 11:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting, we just can't see what you
apparently see. To us this is absolutely identical to all the images currently on turcicus. We will move it to the genus page, since we don't agree, and that way these two images won't be lost among the dozens of images of kalmii, until consensus is reached.
… john and jane balaban, 4 July, 2007 - 8:15am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I moved it to the genus page. Thanks for pointing that out. I don't like to let them on the wrong page. How many species are there in the genus that look similar to L. kalmii? Do you think some of the other photos on the L. kalmii page are the wrong ID?
… Matthew Roth, 27 March, 2006 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

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